Pipe and nut wrench



March 2 1926. 1,575,448

D. c. MORRIS ET AL PIPE AND NUT WRENCH Filed May 31, 1925 Patented Mar. 2, 1926. i

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQEQ DO'WLING CLEMENTS MORRIS AND JOHN WILLIAM PALMER, OF CHATTANOOGA,

TENNESSEE.

PIPE AND NUT WRENCH.

Application filed May 31, 1923. Serial No. 642,585.

To all whom it may concern. the opening 7 in the side of the keeper Be it known that we, DowLINo C. Mounts Along one edge, the latch 10 is equipped and JOHN W. PALMER, citizens of the United with a socket 11 wherein the suspension pin States, residing at Chattanooga, in the 9 is received. The latch pin, therefore, is 5 county of Hamilton and State of Tennessee, mounted for swinging movement on the have invented a new and useful Pipe and keeper 5. Along one edge, the latch pin has Nut rench, of which the following is a inwardly extended projections 12 adapted specification. to engage with seats 14: formed in the inner The device formingthe subject matter of edge of the shank 1. Intermediate the seats 0 this application is a wrench, adapted to be 14, the latch 10 is bulged outwardly at its used for turning either nuts or round obedge to form a finger piece 15. jects, and the invention aims to provide a Through the instrumentality of the finger simple means whereby one jaw of the piece 15 the latch 10 may be swung inwardly wrench may be shifted readily with respect and outwardly, thereby bringing the projec- 15 to the other jaw thereof and be held in adtions 12 on the latch into and out of engagej usted positions. ment with the seats 14 on the shank 1 of the It is within the province of the disclosure wrench. It is obvious that, through the into improve generally and to enhance the utilstrumentality of the mechanism above pointity of devices of that type to which the in ed out, the'rider 3 may be held in any posi- 7O 20 vention appertains. tion to which it may havebeen. adjusted,

lVith the above and other objects in view, longitudinally of the shank 1. which will appear as the description pro- If desired, the rear end of the shank 1 ceeds, the invention resides in the combinamay be curved, as at 16,s0 as to overhang tion and arrangement of parts and in the the end of the rider 8, the curved portion 16 details of construction hereinafter described of the shank, and the end of the rider 3 and claimed, it being understood that,withbeing equipped with cooperating teeth 17, in the scope of what is-claimed, changes in enabling the device to be used as a pipe the precise embodiment of the invention wrench, the parts 2 and 4e cooperating to shown can be made without departing from form a nut wrench. 30 the spirit of the invention. As a general statement, the ends of the In the accompanying drawings parts 1 and 3 may be fashioned in any de Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a wrench sired way, depending upon the character constructed in accordance with the invenof the work to be done. 1 Thus, in Figure 5, lion; Figure 2 is a plan; Figure 3 is a cross the shank is denoted by the numeral 18 and 35 section; Figure 4 is a perspective view showthe. rider by the numeral 19, the parts 18 ing thelatch; Figure 5 is an elevation showand 19 having, each, oppositelyinclined ing a modification, parts being broken away. 20, provided with internal teeth 21, parts The numeral 1 marks a shank carrying a not shown in Figure 5 being constructed as fixed jaw '2. A rider 3 in the form of a hereinbefore set forth in connection with 4 bar, is mounted for reciprocation on the that form of the invention which is depicted shank 1, longitudinally thereof, and has a in Figure 1.' jaw 5 cooperating with the jaw 2. The What is claimed is:-- shank 1 is surrounded by a U-shaped keeper In a wrench, a shank, a rider, the shank 5 held by securing elements 6 on the rider 8. and the rider being provided with cooper- 45 One side portion of the keeper 5 is equipped ating jaws, a keeper secured-to the rider and with an opening 7. Bearings 8 are formed receiving the shank slidably, thereby to on the said side portion of the keeper 5, and mount the rider on the shank for reciprocaare located at the ends of the openings 7. tion longitudinally of the shank, one side A suspension pin 9 is mounted in the bearportion of the keeper being provided with W) ings 8. A plate-like latch 10 is p ovided an opening located entirely within said side and is of such a size as to substan ially fill portion of the keeper, and a latch hinged to the keeper and adapted to fit in the opening, the free end of the latch being; outwardly distorted beyond said side portion of the keeper, to facilitate the manipulation ofthe latch, the latch being provided upon each side of its distorted portion, with projections, and the inner edge of the shank being provided with seats wherewith the'projections cooperate to hold the rider in adjusted positions longitudinally of the shank.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto etiixed our signatures.

DOVVLING CLEMENTS MORRIS. JOHN WILLIAM PALMER. 

